Many thought that ,with the departure of Nokia's MeeGo team manager Alberto Torres, Nokia (almost) abandoning the MeeGo platform and N9 would be their last phone, and nokia would be going ahead with the windows platform only for their smart phone division. putting the fate of the entire swipe-friendly platform MeeGo in doubt.
Recently-founded Jolla was clearly watching, as it confirmed just in the nick of time that it's planning to carry the torch further.
Recently-founded Jolla was clearly watching, as it confirmed just in the nick of time that it's planning to carry the torch further.
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The Finnish startup, which includes important members of the N9 team as well as veterans of the unofficial MeeGo community, not only plans to iterate on MeeGo but to build its very own smartphone with that foundation running the Linux-based platform. More importantly however, Jolla will practically pick up the effort right from the point where Nokia left off - the newly formed company's core staff are the people who gave us the already iconic N9.
Those attached to Nokia's interpretation of MeeGo will have to adapt to a few changes: Jolla's work is based on the related, partly HTML5-driven Mer Project and will have a "brand new UI" to go with the new hardware. It won't be a literal N10 as a result, but we'll find out just what direction Jolla is taking soon -- it's been working on the phone since late 2011 with plans to show its work later this year.
Marc Dillon is the Chief Operating Officer of Jolla Ltd. He has been with Nokia for almost eleven years. From January 2006 until his departure, he was the Principal Engineer for MeeGo at Nokia.
Quite naturally, we are eager to find out as much as possible about Jolla's future plans. As always, we'll keep you posted when there is something to announce. In the meantime, feel free to check out the newborn company's Linkedin profile by hitting the source link below.
As long as some of the N9's spirit carries forward, we have a hunch that a lot of fans won't mind the absence of a Nokia badge.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/07/jolla-promises-meego-will-live-on-plans-new-smartphone/
Source:http://www.gsmarena.com/the_newly_founded_jolla_ltd_will_develop_meego_smartphones-news-4490.php
Disclaimer: The information presented above are been taken from the above respective sources. This blog holds no responsibility of the correctness of the information.
Marc Dillon is the Chief Operating Officer of Jolla Ltd. He has been with Nokia for almost eleven years. From January 2006 until his departure, he was the Principal Engineer for MeeGo at Nokia.
Quite naturally, we are eager to find out as much as possible about Jolla's future plans. As always, we'll keep you posted when there is something to announce. In the meantime, feel free to check out the newborn company's Linkedin profile by hitting the source link below.
As long as some of the N9's spirit carries forward, we have a hunch that a lot of fans won't mind the absence of a Nokia badge.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/07/jolla-promises-meego-will-live-on-plans-new-smartphone/
Source:http://www.gsmarena.com/the_newly_founded_jolla_ltd_will_develop_meego_smartphones-news-4490.php
Disclaimer: The information presented above are been taken from the above respective sources. This blog holds no responsibility of the correctness of the information.
